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Twinmusix got to speak to Simon from Abramelin about their upcoming tour and more.

TM - Hi, this is Amelia and Elizabeth from Twinmusix and we are here with Simon from Abramelin, thank you for having this interview with us today we appreciate it.

SM - Thank you for having me.

TM - You are touring with PESTILENCE what can fans expect?

SN - Fans can expect a spattering of old school because that's what fans want. When you have been following a band for a long time you don't want all the new stuff you want that old stuff. We will probably play mostly old stuff and a few tracks off our new album.


TM - What can fans expect from your new setlist?

SN - We like to try and take a bit of everything from every album, so for those in the crowd who know us, there will be a bit of an avatar and a few tracks off our self-titled album. A few tracks of "Never Enough Snuff" and "Sins of the Father".

TM - Do you have a favourite song to play live?

SN - I am digging all the new stuff at the moment. We have been going for over 35 years now, so some of our old songs get a little tedious. As a general rule, I would probably say Gory Hole off our new album.


TM - I just think of Gloryhole by Steel Panther when you say that. 

SN - Exactly, a play on words.

TM - You recently bought out your new album "Sins of the Father", how did fans respond?

SN - All the reviews have been really good, I haven't seen a bad one yet which is nice. The response from our fans has been overwhelming, we have had so many great messages and heaps of really cool links to people opening up their album boxes when they have arrived, so there has been a really good buzz on it.

TM - What was your writing and recording process?


SN - Matt punched out a lot of the tracks in Melbourne in covid, it was a very tedious Time Of Our Lives and then not too long after that Dave added his beats. Then we had a bit of time for our other guitarist to learn the new tracks and submit new tracks and he decided to do Neva so he is unfortunately not with the band after 30 years. Then it was onwards and upwards from there. We had to go and record all the second tracks and then everyone did their bits and pieces. Rob applied his bass and after everyone was done I work with the final product so I can hear everything that is happening. Then I go into the back end and put the vocals onto the top and then it goes into mixing and mastering.

TM - Who designed your album cover and is there a meaning behind it?


SN - There were eight people involved in that album cover. I was the art director, I wanted to use photography as a medium because hardly anyone else in metal does it. They normally use the artwork, so being an old school fan of horror and a fan of old school special effects I wanted to go all out and create a unique cover for the fans, including the whole packaging of the record to and for the vinyl the inside and the outside. The cover is of my daughter and if you see the inside cover of her where she is f****** the priest in the heart with an inverted crucifix, he is my dear friend Osteo Martin. The outside of that there's the guy who created the prosthetic for the chest, Lee who did the make-up and prosthetic application. Pauline who was the Chief photographer, Martin Sally who was costum lighting and behind the scenes photos and last but not least, Sally who did all of our last album covers and came in and did all our post-production. All the graphic design and ridiculous amount of hours of make up made it look amazing.

TM - If you could have any band play one of your songs what band would it be, what song would it be and would it be in your style or their style?

SN - I would go with "Moon Dogs" from our album "Never Enough Snuff". I would like Septic Flesh do it and I would like to do it in this style with lots of keyboards and Choir Singers.

TM - What was the first band or Artist you saw live and can you tell us a story?

SN - It was 1984 and I saw Twisted Sister with a couple of guys from the school, we all got the train to the city and went to Festival Hall. Then I went to see Iron Maiden a few months later on their Powerslave tour and that was a big game changer for me and it made me love Iron Maiden more than I already did.

TM - What's your favourite memory of playing live?

SN - The first time we did played with an international band was in 1993 with Carcass for their Heartwork tour. We were backstage and I don't know where Carcass were and some caterers came back and said we have this massive platter for you and we were like oh yeah you can just put it over there. We knew it was for carcass but we consumed the whole lot and then Carcass came back I don't think they were happy, but it was hilarious.

TM - Is there anything else you want to say to your fans?

SN - Thank You to everyone who has gone and supported our new album by either buying copies or listening to it online. Being an underground Death Metal band from Australia is a tough gig but we are definitely In It For The Love. Being a part of any local metal band is tough, so support your local Metal.

TM - Thank you for having this interview with us today we appreciate it.

SN - Absolute pleasure thank you so much.